Fractures

Name: Fractures at PSEG Nuclear Cell & Generating Station
Start: 10/7/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024109345 · 10/7/2024 · PSEG Nuclear Cell & Generating Station

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Back thoracic region
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object unspecified
Source: Hoists, lifts overhead, cable
Secondary source: Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name: PSEG Nuclear Cell & Generating Station
Location: 1 Alloway Creek Neck Rd, HANCOCKS BRIDGE, NEW JERSEY, 08038
NAICS: 221113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lowering himself on a scissor lift after inspecting a chain hoist. An auxiliary hoist being installed on the manipulator crane fell approximately 8 feet from its installed location and struck the employee in the upper back, fracturing two vertebrae.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown